What is the difference between jewelry and jewel?
jewelry | jewel | Derived terms |
A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
* ante'' 1611 , (William Shakespeare), '', lines 188–9:
(figuratively) Anything considered precious or valuable.
* Shakespeare
A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
(slang) The clitoris.
* 2008 , Another Time, Another Place: Five Novellas
To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
Jewel is a derived term of jewelry.
As nouns the difference between jewelry and jewel
is that jewelry is an alternative spelling of lang=en while jewel is a precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.As a verb jewel is
to bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.As a proper noun Jewel is
{{given name|female|from=English}} from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century.jewel
English
Noun
(en noun)- Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.
- our prince (jewel of children)
- The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel .